Hi Brian
I agree that a windshield is necessary I have the clearview xxl on mine. The stock one is just two short for most of us. I was riding at four thousand RPM because of the break in period and it did not go into overdrive in automatic so I switched to manual and shifted from 5 into overdrive. The RPM droped about 1000 I think. The road was running out so had to go back to auto. As soon as the break in period is over I will try it again.